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W. H. MORRIS Cartridge-BOX.

Patented; July 23, 1867.

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@stuiten WILLIAM H. MORRIS, OF GLD SPRING, NEW-YORK.

Letters Patent No. 67,065, dated July 23, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARTRIDGE-BOXES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MORRIS, of Cold Spring, in the county of Put-nam, and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Cartridge-Box; and I do hereby declare that the following is a-full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makc and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

i This invention consists in constructing a cartridge-box with a series of blocks or cartridge-receiversconstrueted and arranged in such a manner that a greater' number of cartridges than usualI `may be contained in acase of a given size, and the cartridges extracted from the blocks'or receivers wit-lr the greatest facility. In the accompanying sheet of drawingsi l Figure l is an outer or-face view of my invention with the flaps raised in order to exhibit the interior of the case.

Figure2, a transverse vertical section of the same taken in the line aan,` tig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. l

A represents thecase of the cartridge-box, which may be constructed of sheet metalior leather, the latter being the preferable material. The case may be of the usual form, provided with two flaps a I?, the outer one, ZJ, extending down over the entire surface of theouter or face side of the box, and secured at its lower end to the bottom of the case by a strap, c,"and button, d, or other suitable fastening, (see iig. 2.) Within this case A there are placed two or more blocks, B B, which have each two ormore rows of holes made in them to receive the'cartridges C.. In the drawings two blocks B B are shown, and two rows of holes in eachblock. A The upper surfaces of the blocks B B have each two different surfaces-ff', the former surfaee,="b`eing higher than the latter, f', as shown more particularly in fig. 2. Those two different surfaces are formed'by rebating longitudinally the upper surfaces of the blocks, the two surfaces being of equal width, and a. row of'holes bein-g bored in each surface of each block, the holes of one row being in line with the'centres of the 'spaces between the .holes of -the other row. The blocks BB are connected at their ends vby hinges, D D, composed each of two metallic plates, gg,secured by screws or otherwise to the ends of the blocks, and vconnected by a rivet, i, near their adjoining ends and outer edges. `These hinges admit-of the upper block '.B. being turned outward, as shown in red in iig. 2, when the flaps a b of thevcase are raised, but do not admit Vof the upper block being turned back beyond a vertical or upright position in the case A,as the bottom of the upper block strikes and rests upon the upper edges of the plates gg, which are secured to the ends of: the lower block. The lbottom of the upper block B is rebated similar to itsv upper surface, so that one portions' will be lower than the other portion This'is necessary .in order that the bottom'of the upper block when in an upright position maybear upon the ends of both rows of cartridges in the block underneath,asV will'be seen by referring to iig. 2, it being understood that the holes of both rows in the blocks are of equalQdepth measured from the surface in 'which cach row is bored, and consequently the cartridges in the holes bored in the more elevated surface will project above those in the holes bored in the lower surface. The object of having thetwo or more rows o f cartridges in each block at different heights is to render the cartridges accessible, so that each one may be withdrawn from its hole `with the greatest facility, and the object in having the two blocks connected by hinges, as shown,vis to admit of the upper block, when eichausted of cartridges,'being turned outward 4so that the cartridges in the lower block will be accessible.v Any number of blocks B may be employed, with twoor more rows of cartridges in each.' v l What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The employment or use in a cartridge-box of two or'morc blocks B, provided eachl with one or more rows of holes to receive the cartridges, and connected together by hinges or joints, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. I n i 2. `Having the upper and lower surfaces, either or both, ofthe'blocks, rebated or ground longitudinally so as to form planes of dierent heights, one for each row of cartridge holes, to'adlnit of the ready withdrawal of the cartridges from the blocks, substantially as shown and described.

The above specication of my invention signed by meethis 23d day of January, 1867.

WM. H. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAManA, ALEX. F. RoB'nnrs. 

